A TRIUMPH OF GENIUS: EDWIN LAND, POLAROID, AND THE KODAK PATENT WAR
Book ID/图书代码： 12580015B84832
English Summary/英文概要： Apple founder Steve Jobs once hailed Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid and the father of instant photography, as "a national treasure" and once confessed to a reporter that meeting Land was "like visiting a shrine." By his own admission, Jobs modeled much of his own career after Land’s. Both Jobs and Land stand out today as unique and towering figures in the history of technology. Neither had a college degree, but both built highly successful and innovative organizations. Jobs and Land were both perfectionists with an almost fanatic attentiveness to detail, in addition to being consummate showmen and instinctive marketers. In many ways, Edwin Land was the original Steve Jobs.
This riveting new biography visits the spectacular life of Edwin Land, perhaps the most important, yet least known inventor and technology entrepreneur in American history. Land’s most famous achievement was the creation of a revolutionary film and camera system that could produce a photographic print moments after the picture was taken. A Triumph of Genius takes you behind the scenes of this reclusive genius’s discoveries, triumphs, and defeats.
You’ll learn details of Land’s involvement over four decades with top-secret U.S. military intelligence efforts during World War II and through the Cold War in the service of seven American presidents. Additionally, you’ll thrill to the compelling first-hand look at one of our nation’s most important legal battles over intellectual property—Polaroid versus Kodak. This corporate and legal struggle is a story of almost operatic dimension. What began as a cooperative and collegial relationship ended in Kodak’s betrayal. The conflict led to an epic legal battle, a dramatic event for Land who, from the witness stand, personally starred in a compelling courtroom drama.
More than a simple business biography, A Triumph of Genius chronicles the man and the icon whose technological brilliance paved the way for another of the 20th century’s greatest innovators, Steve Jobs.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 埃德温•兰德是苹果公司创始人乔布斯的偶像。两人在许多地方都非常相似——都没有获得大学学位；都建立了非常成功的创新型企业；都是完美主义者，极度关注细节。可以说，兰德就是乔布斯的前身。
这部全新的传记重新回顾了兰德这位美国历史上最重要却最被忽略的发明家和技术企业家光辉的一生。兰德最著名的成就在于他发明了即显摄影技术。本书将带领读者回顾这位天才的发明、成功和失败历程。
读者还将详细了解兰德长达40多年参与美国机密军事情报工作的细节。书中还披露了美国历史上最重要的知识产权纠纷（宝丽来vs柯达）的诸多第一手资料。开始的合作关系以柯达的背叛而告终。双方的冲突最终导致了一场旷日持久的法律斗争，而兰德作为证人，在其中扮演了重要的角色。
这不仅是一部商业传记，更记录了这位天才的一生。是他在技术方面的辉煌战绩为20世纪另一位天才创新者——乔布斯——铺平了道路。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：本书将吸引摄影历史学家和对商业历史、管理理论和科学历史感兴趣的读者。——Michael Pritchard博士，皇家摄影学会总干事
这确实是一本好书！讲述了一场伟大的冒险……——Paul M. Janicke，休斯顿大学法律中心，法学教授
The book will appeal to photographic historians but will also have a wider resonance for those interested in business history, management theory, and the history of science. -- Dr. Michael Pritchard, FRPS, director-general, The Royal Photographic Society A really wonderful book! This is a great adventure story. Fierstein brings the story to life in such a way that at the end, the reader actually senses the huge emotional strain that such a long, fierce, and persistent battle entailed for those participating in it. -- Paul M. Janicke, HIPLA Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center
About the Author/作者介绍： Ronald K. Fierstein，长期担任知识产权律师及娱乐主管。
Ronald K. Fierstein (New York, New York) is a long-time intellectual property lawyer and entertainment executive.
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